http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:26:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an assignment overview for my digital Illustration class. We emphasize the use of multiple applications as tools to achieve singular results. This assignment is a lead-in for our next assignment; creatinggaming textures! http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/personal-brands/ There is a weblog called Monsters in Real Places. You draw a monster and place it in picture. This week's submission calls for the use of a Vancouver Olympic mascot in city close to you. I created "Quatchi" at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Yes, I know that my version of ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2010/02/26/monsters-in-real-places/ Yep, three posts within the same week. Life is getting back to normal. School is covered, Studio work is doing good, and I actually spent time with the family this weekend. OK. So, a client gives me a thumbnail of a character they want drawn for a product display. The ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2010/02/15/client-thumbnails/ I been working on a few different logos these past couple of weeks. One of them was for a new imprint of Bitterroot Mountain Publishing called living oracles. My sketches around the idea started with The oracle of delphi and the concept of a font of knowledge. I worked several ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2010/02/13/logo-design/ After years of stringing my tablet to my computer; Often at the expense of comfort or natural positioning, Wacom has introduced a wireless solution. The only question left to be unanswered is why they did not send me one to review?Now I have two pads on my wish list. An ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2010/02/11/finally-a-wireless-tablet/ I can honestly say that from the view of the lifeboats I now know exactly what not to do when Icebergs unexpectedly enter the mix. In other words; I am going to handle next semester in a different more successful way. These past three months have been a nightmare of ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2009/12/05/whew/ After TV commercials, billboards, handbills, lawn signs, newspaper ads, and a website, I am now creating postcards for the final push towards election day. Here are the set of the final four. I have really enjoyed this years election. It has been a lot of fun and of course Mike ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2009/10/21/rounding-the-clubhouse-turn/ One might think that keeping everything in balance while I juggle my responsibilities of school, studio and family life is a trick. And you would be correct. Oddly enough, I am actual more productive when I am busy. I manage my time more efficiently, I am more creative, and it ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2009/10/08/working-for-a-living/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2009/09/11/gina-your-own-private-post/ I have decided to redo color experiments with my venus boy trap story. I am moving the pallet to a more tertiary (behind the story and the drawing) role. The reason for this move stems from the power that the established line style of the drawing invokes. Any over color ... http://www.vanettenstudios.com/wordpress/2009/09/08/venus-boy-trap-revisted/